Alternating-current dynamo-electric machine



Jan. 7, 1930.

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UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE JOHN L HULL, OI SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNCB TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COH- PA IIY, A CORPORATION 01 NEW YORK ALTEBRATINQCUBBENT DYNAMIC-ELECTRIC MACHINE Originalapplicatioifled September 10, 1983, Serial No. 881,788. Div-tiled and this application filed March 21,1025. Serial Io. 17,851.

This ap lication is'a division of my application Serial No. 661,768, filed September 10, 1923, entitled System of speed control for induction motors, Patent No. 1 619,673, and alternating current generator described in said priorapplication.

The alterating current dynamo electric machine which constitutes the subject matter of resent application is especially adapted i or supplying the secondary control excitation for induction motors and the invention will best be understood by a description of a complete inpointed out in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawing, Fig. 1 shows an induction motor speed control system in which an exciting machine constructed in accordance with my invention has been embodied; Fig. 2 shows a modified form of exciting machine; Fig. 3 shows the relation of the voltage impressed on the field of the regulating machine to the separation of the exciter brushes; and Fig. 4 shows a modified form of stator structure suitable for use on the exciter shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 shows an adjustable speed, N-pole induction motor 1 the rimary windin of which is interconnected with av polyp ase source of power-2 and the secondary winding of which is connected to the slip rin s 3 mounted on the shaft 4 of the motor 1. lso mounted on the shaft 4 is an exciting machine 5 provided with an N-pole polyphase winding 6 arranged to be conductively associated with the source 2 through slip rings 7, switch 8, and adjustable transformer 9. U n the stator of the exciter 5 is wound a 2 -pole polyphase winding 16 arranged to be connected with the secondary winding of the motor 1 through switch 17 and, slip rings 3. The exciter '5 is further provided with a commutated winding 10 arranged to rotate with the winding 6 and interconnected with the shunt field winding 11 of a regulating machine 12 for the purpose of supplying thereto exciting current ofslip frequency, the winding 10 being inductively related to both wind" ing: 6 and 16 which are non-inductively and its scope will be wound with respect to each other and are connected to have opposite phase rotation. Arranged to cooperate with the commutator of the winding 10 are a plurality of movable brushes provided for the purpose of controllin the magnitude of the voltage impresse upon the polyphase field windin 11, certain of these brushes bein indicate by numerals 13, 14 and 15 to indicate the phase rotation of the polyphase voltage'set up on the windin 10 b reason of its inductive relation wit the le winding 6 and these brushes together wit the remaining brushes being indicated by the numerals 13, 14, and 15 to indicate the phase rotation of the polyphase voltage set up in the winding 10 due to its inductive relation with the 2 N-pole windin 16. Connected in parallel with the 2. N-po e stator winding 16 of the exciter 5 is the armature winding of the regulating machine 12 which is arranged to be conductively associated with the secondary winding of the motor 1 through brushes 24, neutralizing field winding 18, switch 17 and slip rings 3. Current transformers 19 are connected in series with the shunt field windin 11 for the purpose of improving the power actor of the stator or primary winding of main motor 1. A suitable machine 20 is provided for the purpose of maintaining substantially constant the speed of the regulating machine 12. An adjustable resistor 21 may be arranged to be coh nected to the slip rings 3 through the switch -pole windin 6, which is connected to have the same num r of poles as the .primary winding of the motor 1, and the 2 N-pole winding 16 are arranged in any of the various well known manners to be non-inductive with respect to each other but are each inductive with respect to the commutator winding 10 so that whenenergized by suitable sources of power both the N -pole and 2 N-pole windings will set up in the magneticstructure of the exciter 5 a rotating field the speed of which is in each case determined by the numher of poles and the frequency of the applied voltages. By these rotating fields there will be set up between the commutator brushes component voltages which may be independently controlled to secure the desired resultant exciter voltage in a manner to be subse quently explained.

As previously indicated, the N-pole winding 6 is interconnected with the polyphasesource 2 in such a way as to have its phase rotation in a sense opposite to that in which the exciter rotor is driven and the 2 N-pole winding 16 is interconnected with the secondary winding of the load motor to have its phase rotation for subsynchronous speeds of the load motor in the same sense as that in which the exciter rotor is driven. \Vith this arrangement it is apparent that the N and 2 N-pole windings Wlll each set up between brushes connected to opposite ends of the phases of the winding 11 a voltage of slip frequenc the value of which will in each case be etermined by the value of the voltage impressed on the particular winding and the brush'position, speed of rotation, etc. Since the N pole rotor winding 6 of the exeiter 5 is connected to the constant voltage source 2 it will set u in the magnetic structure of the exciter a ux of substantially constant magnitude and there will be produced thereby in the commutator winding 10 a component polyphase voltage of substantially constant magnitude any part of which may be impressed upon the shunt field winding 11 of the regulating machine 12 by proper adjustment of the exciter brush position. This component voltage may be utilized to overcome the ohmic drop of the winding 11. The flux set up in the exciter core by the 2 N-pole stator winding 16 will vary directly as the secondary voltage and inversely as the slip frequency of the load motor 1. There will thus be induced in the commutated winding 10 by rotation in the flux of the 2 N pole winding 16. a component polyphase voltage the value of which is dependentmainly upon secondary voltage of the load motor 1, and any part of this voltage may be utilized to balance the inductive drop in the shunt field winding 11 of the regulating machine 12 by proper positioning of the exciter brushes.

If the brush positions on the exciter commutator corresponding to 120 electrical degrees referred to N poles (produced through winding 6) be denoted byythe numerals 13, 14 and 15, and similar positions on the commutator referred to 2 N poles (produced through winding 16) be denoted by numerals 13', 14' and 15 as indicated in Fi 1 it is at once apparent that, due to the %act that the N pole and 2 N pole windings are connected to have opposite phase rotation, when the N and 2 N pole windings and their cooperating brushes are so arranged that the positions 13 and 13' coincide, then certain positions 14 and 14' will coincide as will also certain positions 15 and 15'. It therefore follows that the brushes 1313, 14-14"and 15-15 can have impressed on them simultaneously one component voltage of load motor slip frequency due to the rotating field set up by the N-pole winding and another component voltage of like frequency due to the rotating field set up by the 2 N-pole winding, the relative values of these components being dependent upon the positions of the brushes. It is theoretlcally correct to consider the resultant polyphase voltage impressed on the shunt field 11 of the regulating machine 12 to be the vector sum of these two component voltages and, since one component voltage can be made to conform to the reactive drop of the shunt field winding while the other component voltage can be made to conform to the ohmic drop of this winding, the exciter 5 is capable of exciting the regulating machine in such a way as to insure normal and stable operation of the motor 1 at all speeds.

Assuming the .position of the various switches and brushes to be as shown in Fig. 1, the load motor 1 may be started from rest by closing the switch 22 with the resistor 21 in a position to introduce maximum resistance into the secondary circuit. The motor is then accelerated by gradually reducing the secondary resistance. When a speed resulting from short circuiting slip rings 3 by cutting out the resistor 21l1as been reached; the regulating machine 12 having been previously brought up to speed, the switch 17 is closed, the switch 22 is opened and switch 8 is closed. thereby energizing the exciting windings 16 and 6 of the machine 5. Under these conditions the exciter brushes of each phase which have been previously set on equi potential points for both N and 2 N-poles will have no voltage set up between them and consequently no voltage is impressed on the shunt winding 11 of the machine 12. The load motor 1 will now operate as a normal induction motor having its secondary winding connected to the low resistance armature circuit of the regulating machine 12. .If the brushes connected to the beginning of each phase of winding 11 be now moved in one direction around the exciter commutator while those connected to the ends of each phase be moved in the opposite direction, component voltages induced by the flux of the N and 2 N-pole windings respectively will be set up between them and the resultant of these component voltages will be impressed on the shunt field winding 11. These component voltages may be arranged to have any desired phase relation with respect to one another or with re spect to other voltages or currents in the circuit. This may be accomplished by shifting the exciter stator, by shifting all the brushes to any desired degree in the same direction before or after or during the )rocess of shift ing in opposite directions, y shifting the brushes in opposite directions at different rates of shift, by changing the phase of the voltage applied to the collector rings 7 in any of the various well known ways; by shifting the phase of the exciter stator excitation supplied through the winding 16 or in any other well known manner. The component voltage produced by the N-pole winding 6 may thus be utilized to balance the ohmic drop of the shunt field 11, and the component produced by the 2 N-pole winding 16 may be utilized to balance its reactance drop. As a. result of the adjustment of the brushes the speed of the motor will be changed in a well known manner and by similar adjustments the motor may be made to operate at any other desired speed.

The transformer 9 may be adjusted to control the voltage applied to the. N-pole winding 6 both as to phase and magnitude and, if desired, a similar transformer may be inserted in the leads by which the 2 N-pole winding is interconnected with the secondary winding of the load motor. The exciter is shown as fixed to rotate with the shaft of the load motor 1. It is of course obvious that the exciting machine may be driven by any suitable means for maintaining it in exact synchronous relation with the main motor and that the number of exciter poles used need not be the same as that of the main motor provided the proper speed relation is maintained between the two machines.

Fig. 2 shows a modified form of exciting machine 25 having certain desirable features not shown on the exciter 5 shown in Fig. 1. The exciter 5 is illustrated as a 4 pole 8 pole machine with half of the brushes omitted. The exciter 25 is provided with a 2 pole rotor winding 26 interconnected with the polyphase line 2 and a modified form of 4 pole stator winding 27 adapted to be interconnected with the secondary winding of the main motor 1. (See Fig. 1.) The winding 27 is concentrated in zones 28 separated as illustrated by zones 29 in which no magnetizing force will be exerted. The windings 26 and 27 are non-inductively arranged with respect to each other but are both inductively associated with a commutator winding 30 adapted to cooperate with brushes 31 and 32 arranged to be shifted in opposite directions by means of a hand wheel 33 and pinion 34 which meshes with racks35 and 36 ofthe brush supporting structures 37 and 38 respectively. When the brushes are slightcentrated winding 27.

In Fig. 3 the distancebetwe-en brushes connected to opposite ends of the phases of the winding 11 are plotted as abscissae and the voltage between these brushes are plotted as ordinates. Thus the curved labeled"N-pole shows the voltage impressed on the brushes due to either the winding 6 of Fig. 1 or the winding 26 of Fig. 2, the curve labeled 2 N-pole shows the voltage impressed on the brushes due to the distributed winding 16 of Fig. 1, and the curve labeled Improved 2 N-pole shows the voltage impressed on the brushes 31 and 32 of Fig. 2 due to the con- The curve labeled Improved 2 N-pole may be made to assume the form indicated by-t-he dotted line A in Fig. 3 if the stator winding 27 is arranged, as shown in Fig. 4, not in two slots but in two or more slots in the zones 27f. By increasing the number of slotson one side of the winding the curve may thus be made to approximate almost any desired form.

I have explained my invention by illustrating and describing certain specific embodiments thereof, but it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the invention may be embodied in many other forms than those shown and described. I, accordingly, do not wish to be restricted to the particular forms or constructions disclosed herein by way of example for the purpose of setting forth my invention in accordance with the patent statutes. The terms of the appended claims are, therefore, not restricted to the precise structure disclosed, out are intended to cover all changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A polyphase alternating current machine comprising stator and rotor elements, two different frequency sources of supply, a winding on one of said elements supplied from one of said sources, a second winding on the other of said elements supplied from said other source, and a commutated winding on one of said elements inductively related with both of said windings and arranged to supply current of a frequency dependent upon the frequency of the current supplied to said second winding and the speed at which said machine is driven.

2. A generator comprising an N-pole rotor winding, a source of alternating current supply from which said rotor winding is supplied with exciting current of a frequency different from that of the generated current, said rotor winding being connected to have its phase sequence in a direction opposite to that in which said generator is driven, a. 2 N-pole stator winding, a second source of alternating current sup ly from which said stator winding is suppied with exciting current of the same fre uency as that of the generated current, sai stator winding being connected to have its phase sequence 1n the same direction as that in which said generator is driven and a, commutated winding electrically insulated from but inductively related to both of said windings whereby current may be supplied at a voltage which is the resultant of the component voltages induced in said commutated winding by each of said excited windings.

3. A generator comprising an N-pole rotor winding, a source of sup 1y from which said rotor wmding is supplied with exciting current of a frequency different from that of the generated current, said rotor winding being connected, to have its phase sequence in a direction opposite to that in which said generator is driven, a 2 N-pole stator windmg, a second source of supply from which said stator winding is supplied with exciting current of the same frequency as that of the generated current, said stator winding being connected to have its phase sequence in the same direction as that in which said generator is driven, said N-pole and 2 N-pole windings being non-inductive with respect to each other, and a commutated winding on the rotor of said generator which is electrically insulated from said other windings whereby current may be supplied at a voltage which is the resultant of the component voltages induced in said commutated windin by each of said exciting windings and at a requency determined by the frequency of the exciting current of the 2 N-pole winding and the speed of said generator. 7

4. A generator comprising an N-pole rotor winding, a source of supply from which said rotor winding is supplied with exciting current of a frequency difi'erent from that of the generated current, said rotor winding being connected to have its phase sequence in a direction opposite to that in which said generator is driven, a 2 N-pole stator windlng, a second source of supply from which sa1d stator winding is supplied with exciting current of the same frequency as that of the generated current, said stator winding being connected to have its phase sequence in the same direction as that in which said generator is driven, a commutated winding electrically insulated from but inductively related to said exciting windings, and two adjustable sets of polyphase brushes associated with said commutated winding, said brushes com rising the generator terminals of said mac ine.

In witness .whereof, I have hereuto set my hand this 20th day of March, 1925.

JOHN I. HULL. 

